GAME INFORMATION

Score: Valdosta State 139, Montevallo 135 (3OT)
Records: Montevallo (6-6 overall, 1-2 in GSC) | Valdosta State (8-2 overall, 1-1 in GSC)
Location: The Complex (Valdosta, Georgia)
Date: December 16, 2017
Montevallo Starters: Deshawn Jones (G), Chris Williams (G), Jamaar Taylor (G), Julio Guity (F), Zach Jackson (G)
Valdosta State Starters: Winston Morgan (G), Clay Guillozet (G), Beau Justice (G), K.J. James (F), Jimmy Kodet (F)

GAME NOTES

• Valdosta State outlasted Montevallo in a fast-paced three-overtime contest that saw both teams shoot better than 50 percent from the field and from beyond the arc.
• The Blazers shot 56.8 percent from the floor and 52.6 percent from 3-point range, while the Falcons finished the contest shooting 51.1 percent from the field and 50 percent from beyond the arc.
• Senior Jamaar Taylor scored a career-high 40 points, which tied him for the third highest scoring total in a single game in program history. Taylor, who also grabbed eight rebounds, finished 14-of-28 from the floor and 5-of-9 from beyond the arc while also knocking down all seven free-throw attempts.
• Junior Chris Williams played all 55 minutes of the contest and added a career-high 36 points on 9-of-21 shooting from the floor and 17-of-19 shooting from the charity stripe while also grabbing a career-best 11 rebounds as he posted the first double-double of his collegiate career.
• Senior Tyler Brough contributed a career-high 21 points off the bench after shooting 7-of-11 from beyond the arc.
• Williams drove down the lane and laid it in softly to tie the contest with four seconds remaining in double overtime to force the game into a third extra period.
• Taylor drained a 3-pointer while falling to the court to give his team a four-point lead with 13 seconds remaining in overtime, which helped the Falcons extend the contest into double overtime when the Blazers drained a 3-pointer from the corner to tie the game with 0.3 seconds left.
• Brough knocked down a 3-pointer from long range in the final seconds of regulation to force the game into overtime.
• The Falcons' 135 points marked the most scored by Montevallo since scoring a program-record 150 points in a 150-72 win over Carver College on Jan. 16, 2007.
• The contest was the first three-overtime contest in program history and marked the longest game since the Falcons fell to Athens State 72-66 in a four-overtime game on Feb. 11, 1988 in the longest game in program history.
• The Falcons reached the triple-digit mark for the first time this season and the contest marked the first time Montevallo and its opponent scored more than 100 points since the Falcons' 106-101 win on the road at Francis Marion University during the 2014-15 season, which also marked the last time Montevallo played a double-overtime contest.

TEAM LEADERS

Montevallo

Points: Jamaar Taylor (40)
Rebounds: Chris Williams (11)
Assists: Chris Williams (7)

Valdosta State

Points: Winston Morgan/Beau Justice (24)
Rebounds: K.J. James (9)
Assists: Clay Guillozet (9)

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

Ties: 14
Lead Changes: 16
Largest Lead: Montevallo by 4 (1OT-00:12) | Valdosta State by 15 (2nd-17:14)

UP NEXT

Montevallo will take on the University of West Florida on the road in Gulf South Conference play Monday, Dec. 18. Tip off is set for 7:30 p.m.

RECAP

MONTEVALLO, Ala. -  The University of Montevallo men's basketball team fell to host Valdosta State University 139-135 in a fast-paced three-overtime contest Dec. 16 that saw both teams shoot better than 50 percent from the field and from beyond the arc.

The Blazers (8-2 overall, 1-1 in Gulf South Conference) shot 56.8 percent from the floor and 52.6 percent from 3-point range, while the Falcons (6-6 overall, 1-2 in Gulf South Conference) finished the contest shooting 51.1 percent from the field and 50 percent from beyond the arc.

Senior Jamaar Taylor scored a career-high 40 points, which tied him for the third highest scoring total in a single game in program history. Taylor, who also grabbed eight rebounds, finished 14-of-28 from the floor and 5-of-9 from beyond the arc while also knocking down all seven free-throw attempts.

Junior Chris Williams played all 55 minutes of the contest and added a career-high 36 points on 9-of-21 shooting from the floor and 17-of-19 shooting from the charity stripe while also grabbing a career-best 11 rebounds as he posted the first double-double of his collegiate career.

Senior Tyler Brough contributed a career-high 21 points off the bench after shooting 7-of-11 from beyond the arc.

Williams drove down the lane and laid it in softly to tie the contest with four seconds remaining in double overtime to force the game into a third extra period.

Taylor drained a 3-pointer while falling to the court to give his team a four-point lead with 13 seconds remaining in overtime, which helped the Falcons extend the contest into double overtime when the Blazers drained a 3-pointer from the corner to tie the game with 0.3 seconds left.

Brough knocked down a 3-pointer from long range in the final seconds of regulation to force the game into overtime.

The Falcons' 135 points marked the most scored by Montevallo since scoring a program-record 150 points in a 150-72 win over Carver College on Jan. 16, 2007.

The contest was the first three-overtime contest in program history and marked the longest game since the Falcons fell to Athens State 72-66 in a four-overtime game on Feb. 11, 1988 in the longest game in program history.

The Falcons reached the triple-digit mark for the first time this season and the contest marked the first time Montevallo and its opponent scored more than 100 points since the Falcons' 106-101 win on the road at Francis Marion University during the 2014-15 season, which also marked the last time Montevallo played a double-overtime contest.